Beyond prisonshttp://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/beyond-prisons
Breaking the cycle of crime and punishment.

Kids on Chicago’s West Side Break the School-to-Prison Pipeline with Restorative Circleshttp://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/chicago-south-side-kids-break-school-prison-pipeline-restorative
For these Chicago students, restorative justice isn’t just about causing less harm to those around us. It’s also about actively creating safety, on their own terms.No publisher2014-12-19T19:20:00ZArticleMentally Ill People Often Face Violence From Police—But These Cities Are Trying to Fix Thathttp://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/policing-mental-illness-1
Crisis Intervention Teams train police officers to understand mental illness without resorting to violence.No publisher2014-11-28T21:10:00ZArticleUndercover University: Palestinians Study Up in Israeli Prisonshttp://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/this-secret-university-inside-israeli-prison-system
More than 40 percent of Palestinian males have spent time in Israeli prisons. The schools that operate within are increasingly important.No publisher2014-11-25T21:55:00ZArticleWhy Target Stopped Asking Job Applicants If They've Been Convicted of a Crimehttp://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/why-states-are-banning-the-box
More than 60 counties, cities, and states—and some corporations—are reducing discrimination against former offenders by removing one small box from job applications.No publisher2014-07-18T18:30:00ZArticleNew York Inmates Draw Strength from Prison-Themed Hip-Hop Albumhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/new-york-state-inmates-draw-strength-from-prison-themed-hip-hop-album
Members of the Rochester-based group Da Cloth have sent the tape to more than 150 inmates. No publisher2014-05-07T21:40:00ZArticleEsperanza Spalding’s “We Are America” Is the Catchiest Call Yet for Justice at Guantanamo Bayhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/esperanza-spalding-we-are-american
Jazz singer Esperanza Spalding and company on standing up for people held without trial in America’s most controversial prison.No publisher2014-03-29T00:35:00ZArticleAn End to "The Hole"?: 6 Signs that Solitary Confinement Reform Is Cominghttp://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/six-signs-that-reform-of-solitary-confinement-is-coming
Much of the momentum in the movement to reform the use of solitary confinement in the United States comes from the work of prisoners themselves. No publisher2014-03-20T17:55:00ZArticleMeet the New Rebels Taking Back Our Public Schoolshttp://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/education-uprising/learners-into-leaders-meet-the-new-rebels-taking-back-our-public-schools
For decades the myth of failing public schools justified industrial-scale testing and a privatization agenda. Now radical educators are bursting the bubble test, getting culturally relevant, and restoring justice to the classroom. No publisherTheme2014-02-21T19:10:00ZArticleDiscipline With Dignity: Oakland Classrooms Try Healing Instead of Punishmenthttp://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/education-uprising/where-dignity-is-part-of-the-school-day
As executive director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, Fania Davis sees programs like hers as part of the way to end the school-to-prison pipeline.No publisherThemeYTW Feature2014-02-20T00:50:00ZArticleHow Restorative Justice Changed This Colorado Cop's Views on Prisonhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/six-boys-one-cop-and-the-road-to-restorative-justice
In restorative justice, those who commit crimes have to face the consequences of their actions. After this Colorado policeman tried it out, he came to believe it's part of the answer to America's prison problem.No publisher2014-01-15T01:05:00ZArticleThis New Bill Could Put 2,500 More People In Prison: Meet the Organization Trying to Stop Ithttp://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/this-new-bill-could-put-2500-more-people-in-prison-meet-the-organization-trying-to-stop-it
"Violence is not simply shooting people. Violence is also poverty. It's also incarceration—putting people in prison is incredibly violent."No publisher2015-01-19T20:39:59ZArticleWhy Is Texas Planning to Execute a Man Who Killed No One?http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/why-is-texas-planning-to-execute-a-man-who-they-know-killed-no-one
The controversial Law of Parties expands the guilt for murder to include accomplices and those who knew the crime was going to occur.No publisher2013-09-18T18:25:00ZArticleTo Keep Kids Out of Trouble—And Prison—Teach Them to Understand Their Emotionshttp://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/keep-kids-out-of-trouble-and-prison-teach-them-about-their-emotions
After teaching students to understand and talk through their conflicts, schools in Denver and Los Angeles have seen major reductions in disciplinary action.No publisher2013-07-02T10:00:00ZArticleWhy U.S. Attorneys and FBI Brass Support Washington’s Marijuana Lawhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/why-attorneys-FBI-brass-support-washington-marijuana-law
The state of Washington is expecting to generate more than $2 billion every five years from taxation of legal marijuana sales to adults. And that's not counting the savings from no longer arresting people for possession.No publisher2012-11-17T00:30:00ZArticleRapper 2 Chainz: Ex-Felons Can Get Their Voting Rights Backhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/respect-my-vote
One the biggest voting myths is that those with felonies on their record have lost the right to vote forever. Here’s how you can get re-enfranchised.No publisher2012-10-31T19:45:00ZArticle